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glance into the dying face, then covers tip eyes with hands and tarns blindly, dizzily, away. That evening a feast of citizens are gathered about the bivouac .bf tho bat? talion at the waterworks while the trumpets are scrmding tattoo, it few squares away the ftmiKar notes come where, bte contrasts the luxury of these surrounding! with the rude simplicity of the life'ie has lived and loved so many years, * ^rray haired George Harvey, kindly Mrs. Stone, his sister; blissful, beautiful Fan? ny Wing with buT^r baby Harvey in her arms silkier *prow? soberly hus? band by her side, and a tall, lovely, si-, lent girl have all been there to minister to his needs and bid him thrice wel? come and m*ke- him feeithat fcsre, ff anywheren?Jarm/neis thorne. And' here the battalion surgeon and the fam ?y j^ysiciaa^njBte in declaring he must remain until released by their order, and here xor three days and nights he is nursed and petted and made so much of that he is^unabjato recogniza^himself, and he?&ftt?Thiss fleates WWy over A and KJinl r?hin^JPiWbff turn*] to be made much of and forbidden to leave, and then, after her big brother's return to duty ^th the battalion, now being ted and feted try ail the North Side, he must seeds come over every evening to see her, and, now that pre? sentable uniforms have arrived and the rough beards have been, shaved and the men of the old regiment look less like "toughs," but no more like American soldiers as our soldiers look in the field of their sternest service, her sisterly pride in her brg'D?cther ss beautiful to ooo DO is her self abnegation, for, sonaeh*? or ether, |*fcf2g*| ,hacomes.toA see heT,^he-stays ft* fcok^at Ruth Har? vey, shy, silent and beautiful, and soon, as though by common consent, that corner|0%thearbig parier ia given up to thcsetjra, tb* tatt ifiSvaJt ?rc?per and the slender, willowy girL And one evening he comes earlier than usual in manifest discomposure, and soon it res that important orders have you-ail-ordered back?" she cries and is for an instant radiant: at hmas-: surance that the order involves only himself. . He is called to department headquarters to report in person to the general commanding, who is about to Wing gives one g lance into the dying face. make a tour through, the mountains in northwestern Wyoming and; wants Drummond with tr^^escort. 3ie is radiant only until shi her sister's face, warm an evening, yet household out on thM?pps, out on the back ve??A|w* out parlor.?vdrafef?affB? fain the trumpets are heard soundingXHen* martial tattoo, and just as Lieuten? ant Wing, returning from a .tiptoed visit to ?&sleen?izboy and escaped for the> ??&3?F4K3$ ^^fcJI ! his wife, now happens to go blundering in-there is heard from the dimly light? ed corner near the piano the sound of subdued sobbing, tbe sound of a deep, manly voice, low, soothing, wondrously happy, the sound--a sound-indfiecrib- ? able in appropriate English, yet never misunderstood-a sound at which Wing halts short, pauses one instant irreso? lute, then faces about and goes tipto? ing ont into th* brilliant, s&en of the vestibule] i^?OzM|j^ briljianjt gleam of ms tono^me^questioning, reproachful eyes. And. for all answer, it being perhaps too public a spot for other demonstra? tion, Wing simply hugs himself. That night under the arching roof of the great railway station, the comrades, j so long uttitetT*t>y ^tho tics^of- gerch're^ f spect and aflection as are engendered ? only by years of danger and hardship {. borne in common, ^d^n?^- snappily united by a closer tie, are pacing the platform absorbed in parting words. "Jim, think what a load I've had to carry all these five years and forbidden by my good angel to breathe a word of it to "you." "I can't realize my own happiness, old man. I never dreamed that, after she got out into the world and saw for herself, that she would remember her girlish fancy or have another thought forme." "I know you didn't Yet Fan says ; that ever since the voyage in the New- ? bern little Ruth has never had a 1 thought for anybody else. " " ^eD^L^^^^^> then I *' There has not been time for mother's j letter to reach aa ? 'I had to'write, of I crjnn^i???r>st??F?!^ f last befell him? Do you knew I feel as i though after aD it was my baud that ! did it" "Feeirysays he knewhim the instant that side of his face was turned toward ; him-the side my knife laid open years I ago. That was a fatal scar. " THE EXD. 18wnwwhtw? Lord Noodle-Aw-American girls must be different from English girls if they are permitted to go about without chaperons, don't you know. American Girl-Perhaps A meriam men are diff?rent from Englishmen. ij?-r- W-J?- T*T- ?-??_ "T?e Yankee in Gray." [ Oo the 9th of May, The Watchman and Southron will begin the publica tioo of a new aerial by ' M Quad" {Chas. B Lewis) eotkied the Yankee io Gtaj." 1 f 1 ?b? seen* of -the ?tory if Hid in Ifforthero and arooad the historic etty of Wioefeeeier, sad the time of the events recorded is dering the first ^vears of* the late war. Tbe narrative rs baaed closely on historical facts ; bet within it ia also" woven a romance of tbriiliog and absorbing interest. Ch?a. B. Lewis, the author, waa an old soldier, and from the way be writes, no old soldier will be willing to doubt for e minute that he bas been "there His descriptions of scenes pertaining to battles and the movements of armies, etc , are something grand. In fact, he ia probably one of the most absorbing and entertaimog writers of to day, and we have no hesitation in predicting that all who read the o pen i ag chapters of the "Yankee in Gray," will follow the story with impatient interest through to its end. Persons who desire to read the story and SJtAflot sobsenbers, can *sent to them three months for fifty cents. Letter From Wedgefield, WsDGismD, S. ? , April 30, 1894. Tbe recent rains have made oats rome ont very much, but tbe crop will be very short. Farmers are about tbroogh planting corn and some are working lt. Stands of coro are very poor as a role. Bud worms are unusually baa. Was glad to bear a farmer say yesterday that he would sell between.five and seven hundred bushels of hKown ra&mg of corn thia year. This, however, is a very rare exception, for the mofii'Of our fanners are buying now and j s?#ef>ave4>e^|B^aifor some time. 2 * I hope that this will be the last year that oor county shall be so^raup jip-ways that we could" remedy ourselves, however ready we to* put it en something elser . ? . (Jaaxteriy Cofcfcreace^as held in the Meth? odist Church last Sunday^ _ Mr. Joseph Crockardj?|o||lng?Mill health, did not fill his appointment at the Presbyte? riao Church. Misses Liliatt.aod> VirginiA^^h^leton.^who t^v?'b?en^peodKig some titne wjth relates in town, have returned to their home ia Mr/"E. G. Wheeler, ha vi og resigned his position as Express Agent here, Mr. Jno. R. CaTdw?l 1 is attending -to tbe business of that office for the present. Mr. H. C. Ellis lost one of his children last week. 11 WaSJ|^?^^^^^^^^^0r bfjpr their yard on Sunday io gd^b^^UrcB^ ulj^ saw Ben Green sitting on the railroad a short distance away. When they . arri ved ,.bome .iro^ ebjareb, they 'found their boase aaa been broken open and robbed. Suspicion resting on Green, a search warrant was sworn out and some of the.stolen goods were Around, in aTwagon Jm'Which Green was travel? ing towards Sumter. Be made an open con? fession and told where other tbings^amoog in bis sister Matilda White's bouse, and said farther that arrangements bad been made for them to be taken to the house of Elijah Bryant a near neighbor-only a few steps-if it became necessary. But oo searchiog the bouse of Matilda's husband, the articles as described were fbaad. Matilda was brought op and fined five ($5) dollars, which was promptly paid, for being accessory (to tbe theft) after the act. Will also state that a large supply of keys of various* kinda and sizes were found on Greenes pereon,3?ad one which looks very ^oc^j^^yj^fuTbe the front door key to 8?ae??t??re, be requested the constable, very particular^, not to show to any one. "fainli^^ ional and otherwise, among them Mr. S. H. Ed? monds from your city, whom we all know and tbiok -well of. He looked very weH and wa^"n^oe^SP^^^ He^s^de^b^d with ?that would do credit to any city in the Sooth. The annual address before the S. C. Medi? cal Association was delivered Thursday p. m., by Dr. Soward A. Kelly, professor of Gynaecology in ike Johna Hopkins Univer? sity^: It was a masterly address, and up to date in bis specialty. Letter Prom Pisgah. PISGAH, S. C., April 28,1894. on planting is over for No. 1. Day by day the probability to plant over lessens, so far as the cold is concerned, and we are happy, because there is oot enough seed to do so. feet the Legislature require every cotton seed boyer, to pay spot cash to the County Treasurer $1,200 license to buy cotton seed, andjtbe trade will cease, openly. The fact is the country is depleted of this valuable manure, and" that is one of tbe prime causes for the failure of tbe crops. Co*Bi plablingJSo. 2?.lgpk3 very well. Wheat has toerust badly, and is a failure ; the early olfts are ruined ; large trees are dead, and people bave no gardens-all from the freeze. Such is our fate. News is like the currency : locked up. Rev. T. W. Scruggs, the Pisgah pastor, is preaching a series of sermons. He says be will hold a meeting of nights, or rather evenings,ai Pisgah, io May, when the ' queen of night" lights the roads so people can travel well. I understand the young ladies of Pisgah are trying to raise funds to buy an organ for their church If Miss Hallie Evans is as suc? cessful io getting money as she sweetly plays on the orgao, she will get it, and then the church can have sweet music every Sunday. I understand Drs. Osteen and Booth per? formed, a few weeks ago, a very successful operation on the foot of a little white boy by cutting half of it off. Tjbe little fellow bas lone: been a sufferer, bot is now doing welt. I like to record deeds of success by young men just starting life. Israel Nelso o, colorea bad the misfortune of losing both bis horses not long since. Israel says be is a man of strong faith, bot io this instance his faith fill, as, for hts life, he can't see where he is benefit ted. I understand some white people on Mr. T. D. McLeod's place got into a skirmish the other day which resulted in Mr. Henry Scott going to the county hotel to board. Henry may be, or may not be, a descendant of Gen. Winfield S., of Mexican fame, but his friends here say be ?a a regular ban um with game cock proclivities. Ao immense amount of [the missing word can be supplied by the reader as well as the editor. J. E. D. failed to put it in.-ED.] ?3 going on among some of the young people here. We don't blame the boys. Young men who keep the society of pure minded girls have a bulwark to strengthen them against engaging in anything of a ruinous oature. A gentleman of large observation remarked the other dar that be never tookee on the fair sweet face of a girl, but that h< fully realized the great blessing of God tc mankind. To all of which we agree. The health of our commuai rv is good. _ ^ ^ J. K. D. Ball Between Mt. Clio and Mayes? ville. Mr. Editor:-As anything pertaining ic oar great oatiooa) game is io order, we beg space for the following : A challenge, sent by tbe Mt. Clio Base Ball Club, having been accepted by the MayesvirU "Alerts," the game took place on the Mayes? ville ground Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, sharp. There were a large pember of spec? tators present of whom not a few were ladies. All this should, and we suppose did, inspire the "Alerts" to be even more alert than usual. But what their alertness amounted to will be found in the OFFICIAL SCORE. Mayesville. Runs. Mt. Clio. Rios. DesCbampe, G. J. 0 Dean, 3 Cooper, 0 McCutcben, 2 Rhodes, 1 Lee, 2 DesChamps, A. J. 1 McKinnon, 3 Shaw, 1 Scarborough, 3 Brown, 2 Stuckey, 2 Bradley, 0 Mathis, 3 Mayes, R. J. 1 Skinner, 1 - Player, 1 Total, 6 - Total, 19 Mr. John Nettlefi, the umpire, was as good as anybody could wish. All bis decisions show? ed quick aod solid jodgmeot, and though the Mayesville boys did kick a little, they cab be excused on the pie) thru they were under the ' hack." Everybody seemed to enjoy the game very much, no ill-feeling being at anytime dis? played. We hope to be able to cross bats before long witb the ''Alerts" on our own ground, which is near Mt. Zion Church, and we also hope they will in future better uphold their name. Tbe game being finished, both sides lined np to bear the result. Tuen umpire Nettles announced the score 19 to 6 in favor of Mt. Clio. This was followed by three cheers for Mt Clio br May ea vii e. The visitors then gave three cheers for Mayesville, three for the umpire, and three for the ladies, after which we quietly dispersed. A. PLAYKR. --*>->?. raf Harper's Bazar. No matter what otber magazines acd papers the American woman buys, she subscribes to Harper's Bazar for tb? information it contains about fashion. 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